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  • Dheepan (2015)
    Review preview for Dheepan

    The director is adept at confronting ordinary people with extraordinary situations to test their resilience.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    The story of a Sri Lankan Tamil warrior who flees to France and ends up working as a caretaker outside Paris.
  • Jessica Forever (2018)
    Review preview for Jessica Forever

    The real star here is Marine Altan's cinematography, investing locations both lavish and drab with the kind of spiritual wonder seen only through the eyes of those who have always been outsiders.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    A group of orphan rebels are fortified in a villa with heavy arms to brace for a drone war with a faceless enemy in a dystopian future.

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